I have a plan

Clay and I went out to dinner last Sat. to celebrate our anniversary. We went to one of those Brazilian 'land of meat' places. Clay ate so much meat he almost fell asleep at the table. I had a coupla pieces but one of them was chicken. I stayed mostly engaged by the amazing salad bar and reveled in tabbouleh that I didn't make from a box. They brought the dessert cart around and I thought 'Yeah, I am getting dessert! When is the last time I had dessert in a restaurant?' So I ordered two desserts for us to share. Clay was appalled that I was ordering two desserts and thought I had gone mad. So I had a few bites of each and then I was done. Who finished them off? I'll let you fill in the blank.

The dining experience was fine but I got really cranky this week about the scale not moving despite the fact that I have been running again and eating tons of veggies. Cranky led me to eat crap. Not a lot of crap but I had a bunch of chips with my Subway sandwich. Clay brought home cookies and I had two. 2! I just felt, like, to hell with it, it apparently doesn't matter what I eat I'm not getting what I want.... Guess what that thinking got me? How did that attitude pay off? I gained 3 pounds!!!! AAAAAAAaaaaaccckckccck! Yup. I went right up to 141 lbs. Unbelievable.

Yesterday I took hold of myself after that shocking number on the scale and I upped my water and really restricted my calories. Today I am at 138.8. And I have a plan. I signed up for a month of Good Measure Meals. It's costing me $416. I would have spent the $400 on my contract with Sule so it didn't hurt so much in my crazy, justifying mind. Plus everything is included, all I have to provide is water. So I won't be buying any groceries to feed me during the month. It doesn't start until October 4th and I decided before that date I would lose 5 lbs. and get down to 136 (I didn't anticipate losing the 2.2 lbs. overnight). Then when my month of GMM starts I will have 13 lbs. to lose. That should be doable in a month. Once those meals start it is on and I am ramping up my calorie burn and you will find me on the spin bike at 8pm just to get an extra 300 calories burned away. I should be able to fit the fitness in as I won't have the 1 hour drive time plus the 1 hour class with Sule.

This is my plan. I'm sticking to it and I really feel with the restricted calories and truly balanced meals that GMM provides I have a really good chance for success. I'm writing down my weight every day and I'll let you know which way the scale is going. By November I hope to have conquered this hurdle and have lost a whopping total of 100 lbs. Let's do this.